State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (STAI-AD)

A self-report assessment of anxiety. The STAI differentiates between the temporary condition of “state anxiety” and the more general and long-standing quality of “trait anxiety.”A self-report assessment of anxiety. The STAI differentiates between the temporary condition of “state anxiety” and the more general and long-standing quality of “trait anxiety.”

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Current.

• Spielberger, C.D., Gorssuch, R.L., Lushene, P.R., Vagg, P.R., & Jacobs, G.A (1983). Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Consulting Psychologists Press.

• The manual costs USD$50. See here to purchase: https://www.mindgarden.com/state-trait-anxiety-inventory-for-adults/29-staiad-manual.html

• Novy, D. M., Nelson, D. V., Goodwin, J., & Rowzee, R. D. (1993). Psychometric comparability of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for different ethnic subpopulations. Psychological Assessment, 5(3), 343. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.5.3.343

• France - older adults: Potvin, O., Bergua, V., Meillon, C., Le Goff, M., Bouisson, J., Dartigues, J., & Amieva, H. (2011). Norms and associated factors of the STAI-Y State anxiety inventory in older adults: Results from the PAQUID study. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(6), 869-879. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610210002358
• Australia - adults: Crawford, J., Cayley, C., Lovibond, P. F., Wilson, P. H., & Hartley, C. (2011). Percentile norms and accompanying interval estimates from an Australian general adult population sample for self‐report mood scales (BAI, BDI, CRSD, CES‐D, DASS, DASS‐21, STAI‐X, STAI‐Y, SRDS, and SRAS). Australian Psychologist, 46(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9544.2010.00003.x

Suggested cut-off scores for older adults:

• Kvaal, K., Ulstein, I., Nordhus, I. H., & Engedal, K. (2005). The Spielberger state‐trait anxiety inventory (STAI): The state scale in detecting mental disorders in geriatric patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(7), 629-634. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1330
• Potvin, O., Bergua, V., Meillon, C., Le Goff, M., Bouisson, J., Dartigues, J., & Amieva, H. (2011). Norms and associated factors of the STAI-Y State anxiety inventory in older adults: Results from the PAQUID study. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(6), 869-879. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610210002358